KROK 1 2007 – Question 163 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
Examination of a patient revealed an abscess of pterygopalatine fossa. Where can the infection spread to unless the disease is managed in time?
- A. To the orbit
- B. To the interpterygoid space
- C. To the frontal sinus
- D. To the tympanic cavity
- E. To the subgaleal temporal space
Hint
Recall the fissures and foramina that open from the pterygopalatine fossa and where each one leads, then check each listed space against that map.
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